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Youth Programs

KRDF offers
various vocational training courses to Kist and Chechen youth including stylist,
welder, carpentry and advanced computer courses. Language courses are also
offered in English, Russian, Georgian and Chechen. Participation in these
courses increase youth employment opportunities and potential.

Youth Contests

The
purpose of these contests is to facilitate integration among Kist and Chechen
refugees and Georgian youth. KRDF organized various tournaments. Young Kist,
Chechen refugees and Georgians participated in chess, tennis and wrestling
tournaments conducted among various schools.

Wrestling,
table tennis and chess are very popular sports in Pankisi. Young
people living in this area have been traditionally strong in these fields. They
have interest in these contests but no opportunity to exercise this interest.

Young
people in Pankisi have a lot of free time but they don’t have the possibility
to spend this time exploring areas of interest. This is one of the reasons why they
become easy targets for radical religious groups. Offering an alternative for the
young people is one step towards their inclusion and integration into the local
public life and community.

Public Discussions

KRDF
organized discussions with respected public figures including former rugby
players, writers and poets. Among them were Gogi
Gvakharia, Rati Amaghlobeli, Levan Tsabadze and Dato Turashvili author of “The Jeans
Generation” a popular book and play in Georgia.

KRDF
also organized a collaboration of Georgian and Kist poets to meet the youth for
a poetry reading. After the poets spoke the young people presented their own
poems.